Arg! What happened here...?

[woodlandfarms]

So, for me the rollover is questionable. The scratches are on the front of the ROPS not the side. Same wit the handle on the box...

Then again, I have never rolled my tractor, nor seen one rolled so I guess the front could get easily scratched up.

What do we get if we guess right? Nice new tractor from Messick? Attachement of choice? Or a slightly used bagger?

 

[EddieWalker]

ROPS appears to have a little "twist" to it. Dump release handle has a LOT of twist to it. Skid marks on ROPS and side frame of grass catcher.

Couple guess's, and BOTH involve mower being on it's side. Simple roll-over, or else rolled/fell off trailer at moderate speed.

I didn't notice as much as Farm, but my conclusion was the same. It was laid over on it's side. I'm just wondering why it looks grey on the ROPS? Might have been in gravel? Mowing a drainage ditch too fast and laid it on it's side?

Eddie

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

No one has really hit our conclusion yet.

I'll up the ante and send a hat to whoever gets it.

 

[tommu56]

I thinkthey clipped a retaing wall art full speed or some other imovable object.

I think it jared their fillings loose too.

tommu56

 

[Double Orange]

No one has really hit our conclusion yet.

I'll up the ante and send a hat to whoever gets it.

Is it a J.D. Hat?

He chained it down wrong!

 

[schmism]

Im guessing he laid it on its side. Scrapes on rops and bent dump handle on catcher?

the scrapes i see are on the front of the rops, not the side,

looks like he routinely cut under low hanging branches and dragged it through a bunches of stuff (bending the dump arm also)

if he had flopped it i would expect scratches on the side, not the front.

and if he flopped it in the grass, id expect no scratches period.

i think the son (a kid) jumped on it and was doing donuts as fast as it would go before the rear of the bagger caught the edge of somthing and he came to a quick and sudden stop. (this would have been a game with the 12 year old friends.... see how long you can stay on doing donuts)

 

[Willl]

What are the white marks on the seat back and arm rest ?

 

[J0be269]

May be totally off here, but since all of the roll over ideas didn't get it...here goes.

Maybe all of the scratches localized on the one side of the ROPS are from tree branches, where the guy always puts the trees on his left side. Explains the top to bottom coverage of scratches on that side....also the color if it only nicks the top coat off. So guy goes around tree on left like he always does, and catches bagger on a very large limb somehow and nearly removes bagger?

 

[Sherweld]

J0be269 .... you may be on to something there. the scratches are routine because the hose is on the other side, so the operator avoids it. Anything major enough to torque out the roll bar PLUS make all those scratches might well have damaged the plastic knob located in the middle. The scratches may well be misleading.

Running full tilt into a low diagonal branch maybe.

 

[Tractorbeam]

I think it was hit by a Deere. JC

Ha! Good one! I think you deserve a hat too.